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LOUIS C. BILLINGS, OF MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR BALLING YARN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,978, dated July 27, 1875; application filed May 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Louis C. BILLINGs, of Milford, in the State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Machines for Balling Yarn, of which the following is a specification The objects of my invention are, first, to produce balls of yarn which shall have a loose and elastic interior and a compact exterior; and, second, to regulate and determine, with great exactness, by mechanism in ballingmachines, the quantity of yarn and similar articles wound into each ball.

My improvements to accomplish these objects are shown in the accompanying drawings of a balling-machine containing them, of which- Figure l is a top view; Fig. 2, a front view. Fig. 3 is a top view of a horizontal section on the line a; m, and Fig. y4 is a view of a vertical section on the line y y.

A is the frame of the machine, and B O D are three gallows-frames xed on the lengthf wise strin gers ofthe frame A. A reel, E, carries the material to be balled, revolves, and is kept by a spring, F, in bearings on the ends A of arms G G, which extend out from the frame A. The reel may be taken out of the bearings by removing from the pulley 011 the end of its journal the hook H, to which the spring I F is attached. The other end of this spring is attached to the frame A. The main shaft K revolves in bearings fixed to the inside of the rear posts of the frame A and gallowsframe B, and is so revolved by a belt on a fast pulley, L, at its outer end. M is a swinging frame, so hung upon pivots turning in bear-1 ings N N, which project up from the ends of the frame A, that rits lower side is free to swing toward and away from the machine. A spindle, O, to wind the yarn or other material on, revolves in bearings (such as shown at l l 1) in the longitudinal pieces of the frame M. The yarn or other material is carried from the reell E through a hollow shaft, 2,- which revolvesin bearings projecting up from two parallel bars, X X, extending along the top of the frame A from one end to the other of it. The yarn or other material, having passed through the hollow shaft 2, is carried to and through a curved horn, 3, and thence to the spindle 0,1ipon which it is caught. The horn 3 turns -slightly on a prong of the flier 4, whichis fixed to, and revolves with,

the hollow shaft 2. This horn so turns to permit it to accommodate itself to the increasing size of the ball as it is being wound, and is kept in its position relative to the periphery of the ball by a helical spring on the saine horn of the flier, one end of which is fastened to the horn. Revolution of the Hier 4 insures the winding of the yarn or other material around the spindle O diagonally. Revolution of the spindle O insures the winding of the yarn in regular layers around it.

Hitherto the speed of the spindle 0|, -in n1achines of this kind, has been evenly decreased as the winding has progressed, so that the yarn has been laid at equal intervals in all the layers. The iirst part of my invention consists in mechanism for so winding yarn in balls that the layers near the exterior are wound closely to a sufficient depth to make a compact and close tinish, and all the layers inside of those. are wound with the layers having considerable intervals between them,

-so that the yarn, excepting in the layers constituting the finish, is elastic and not unduly stretched. I accomplish this by transmitting motion to the spindle O through two conepulleys, P Q, the longitudinal outline of each of which is the reverse of that of the other. A belt from the pulley P drives the pulley Q, and is moved evenly along both pulleys from left to right by two forks at the ends of an arm, R, each of which embraces the belt. This arm R slides on a shaft, 5, which bears a spline that iits a groove in the orifice through the arm, to keep the latter from turning. A clutch or half-nut, T, is pivoted to the side of the arm R, and has upon its under side a thread7 which tits a screw-shaft, 6, the revolution of which moves the clutch T, and by it the arm It, from left to right. The pulley Q has a slight taper for the larger part of its length, then a greater taper, and nally is considerably increased in diameter, and then tapers slightly to the righthand end, whereby it will be seen the speed communicated from this pulley to the spindle O will be greater at first than at the finish, and will be comparaA tively very slow as the exterior layers are wound on the ball, whichwill insure the laying of the threads close together in these exterior layers, and at wider intervals in the rest of the layers.

The shafts 5 and 6, and the shafts of the pulley l?, rest in bearings on the frame A Revolution is imparted to the spindleV O4 from the cone-piilley Q by means of a belt-16, running from the pulley I17 on the shaft of the con e-pulley Q- over two intermediate pulleys, 18v and 19, and the pulley 20, which is fixed on and revolves the shaft 21, and a worm on the shaft 21, engaging a gear on thespiiidle O. The shaft21revolvesin bearings on the frame M,

and, to accommodate the belt 16 to the swinging of" this frame, the pulleys 18 and 19 rise and fall by reason of their running on a journal on the end of an arm, 22, whose other end is pivoted to the frame A.

A series of spindles, O, may revolveon the frame M, as at 1 141, all actuated by the shaft 21and receiving yarn from a series of. winding mechanisms, all actuated from the main shaft K, and supported on the bars X X, as `described above.

The gearwheel 23, which is fixed on the screw-shaft 6, is driven by a gear wheel, 24, xed on the main shaft K. A gear-wheel, 25, on the main shaft K, through two intermediate gear-wheels, 26 and 27, and the gear-wheel 28, fixed on the shaft 29, drives the shaft 29, A beveled gear, 30, fixed on the` shaft 29, drives a beveled gear, 31, fixed on the shaft 32. A gear on the-shaft 32 drives the shaft 33 by a gear, 34, fixed on its end, and a Worm, 35, on the shaft 33 drives. the gear- Wheel 36, which is fixed on the shaft 37. The journal which bears the gear wheels 26 and 27, and the shaft 29, revolve in bearings fixed on curved standards attached to the frame A. The shafts 32 .and 33 revolve in bearings on the gallows frame D,y and the'shaft 37 revolves in bearings on the gallows -frames C and D. A gear, 38, on the shaft 37 drives a gear, 39, on a short parallel shaft revolving` in bearings on the gallows-frame (l. This short shaft, by a gear, 40, drives a cam, 41, through a loose gear on the shaft 37. A bar, 4?,l hinged at its upper end to the lower bar of the swinging frame M, and reciprocating through a bearing attached to the bar X, has a roller, 43, in its lower end, which rolls against the cam 41. The revolution of the cam 41 causes each end of the orifice in'which the spindleis, v

which affords a convenient place on which to afxa label. 4 The pin 46, by the revolution of the short I shaft last mentioned, is made to strike the under side of a curved latch, 47, and throw it back, thereby giving a partial revolution to the shaft 48, to which the latch is fixed. This shaft 48 has a dog, 49. fixed to it, which engages with a fast collar, 5l, on the shippingrod 50. The shaft 48 Irotates in bearings on the gallows-frame O, and theshipping-rod reciprocates longitudinally in bearings on the frame A and gallows frame D. One end of the shipping rod 50 bears a shipper, 52, through which the belt that drives the pulley L runs.

The parts of the winding apparatus and the ishipping apparatus are so proportioned that l the latch 47 is thrown back by the pin 46 at the moment when the required quantity of yarn or other material is Wound on the spindle O. This gives the shaft 48 a partial rotation, and disengages the dog 49 from the fast collar 5l, whereupon a helical spring, 53. on theA shipping-rod 50, which has been compressed ben tween the bearing of the shipping-rod on the gallows -frame D and a fast sleeve, 54, on the shipping-rod, is released, and, throwing the shipping rod to the right` by the shipper 52, carries the belt which revolves the pulley L of the main shaft over on the loose pulley 55, and thus stops the machilie. The same movement of the shipping-rod 5() pulls over a bent lever, 56, attached to its other end, which, by a connecting-rod, 57, turns a shaft, 58,which throws up arod,59, connected with the shaft 58, and which, by reason of being engaged in the forked end of the clutch T, carries this clutch upward, so that its thread is disengaged from the screw of the shaft 6. Thereupon a weight, 60, by means of a cord passing overapulley,6],on the gallows-frame D, under a pulley,62, on the frame A, and around a pulley, 63, on a bracket of the frame A, and attachedto the forked arm Rpulls the arm R from right to left along the shaft 5, and thereby carrying the belt which revolves the pulley 2 to its smallest end. Thus the machine is prepared to begin winding a new set of balls.

The handle 64 on the large balance wheel 65 at the left of the machine is not used in practice.

I claim- 1. The belted cone-pulleys P and Q, of different tapers, as described, in combination with the spindles O, whereby' the intervals between the threadsare'varied in the diiferent layers, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the shipping and windin g mechanism, constructed as described,

whereby, when the proper. amount of twine or yarn is wound upon the ball, the shipping lever is tripped, and the machine automatically stopped, as set forth.

LOUIS C. BILLINGS. Witnesses:

T. L. LIVERMORE, FRANoIs H.Y LINCOLN. 

